Lone Ranger is an upcoming action Western film directed by Gore Verbinski and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The film stars Armie Hammer in the lead role and Johnny Depp as Tonto. In March 2002, Columbia Pictures announced their intention to make a Lone Ranger film with Classic Media, who owned the film rights at the time. Husband-and-wife producers Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher joined the project. The tone was to be similar to The Mask of Zorro, and Columbia suggested that Tonto be rewritten as a female love interest. The projected budget was set at $70 million. In May 2003, David and... Janet Peoples were hired to write the script. By January 2005, the Peoples script was rewritten by Laeta Kalogridis, with Jonathan Mostow to direct. Lone Ranger languished in development hell until January 2007 when The Weinstein Company became interested in purchasing the film rights from Classic Media. However, the deal fell through, and Entertainment Rights eventually optioned the property. By May 2007, producer Jerry Bruckheimer set Lone Ranger up at Walt Disney Pictures.
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| Release date: | December 21, 2012 |
| Directed by: | Gore Verbinski |
| Producer: | Jerry Bruckheimer |
| Cinematography: | Bojan Bazelli |
| Screenplay by: | Justin Haythe, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio |
| Genre: | Adventure, Action |